Romani folklore collection of Jānis Leimanis

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The most outstanding collection of Latvian Romani material - 500 folklore units in 75 volumes - was collected by Jānis (Bernis) Leimanis (1886-1950) in 1920-30's. Leimanis' manuscript is particular for two reasons - it widely represents less known Romani folklore and all of the materials are supplied with Latvian translation.

The manuscript starts with a long fairy-tale Bimbars and Bille, as told by Ansis Zavickis in 1902 in the Kuldīga district. Leimanis was obviously well educated because the language of the translation is brilliant and rich. The material ends in "mortal" words which are now fading out of the Romani language.

Archives of Latvian Folklore holds also Romani folklore, collected from Latvian children.

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Unit number	Title	Categories

1	Ņem tu mani, zēniņ	folklore of other nationalities
2	Melnais kažoks	folklore of other nationalities
3	Aiz upītes, aiz ozoliem	foreign folklore texts
4	Dejo Peku, speries tu	foreign folklore texts
5	Bimbars un Bille	folklore of other nationalities folk tale
6	Sen laiku Kurzemes, Zemgales, Vidzemes, Igaunijas un Lietavas čigānu paražas un tikumi	folklore of other nationalities custom
6a	Laušanās un paukošanās	folklore of other nationalities custom
7	Čigāni ūdeni izlietoja kā dziedniecības līdzekli	folklore of other nationalities custom
8	Upes ūdeni čigāni turēja par šķīstu	folklore of other nationalities custom
8a	Precētai sievietei ir jāizsargājas, lai starp vīriešiem nenēsātu atklātu galvu	folklore of other nationalities custom
9	Pie čigānu nometnes nedrīkst trūkst ūdens	folklore of other nationalities custom belief
10	Dejošana	folklore of other nationalities custom
11-13	Dziesmas	folklore of other nationalities custom
14	Džadža dēls un atraitnes meita	folklore of other nationalities folk tale
15	Džadža dēls un atraitnes meita	folklore of other nationalities folk tale
16	Piezīme par pasaku Džadža dēls un atraitnes meita	folklore of other nationalities reflection on folklore
17	Čīgānu galva	folklore of other nationalities custom
18	Latvijas un Lietuvas čigānu parašas	folklore of other nationalities custom
19	Kas no mitus atteicās, tas lai zirgu netura	folklore of other nationalities proverb
20	Brālis brāli nežēlo	folklore of other nationalities proverb

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Type	Number of file	Languages	Transcription (text)	Metadata	Transcription (music)

Manuscript	1389-01a-001	rm, lv	Yes	Yes	No
Manuscript	1389-01a-002	rm, lv	Yes	Yes	No
Manuscript	1389-01a-003	rm, lv	Yes	Yes	No
Manuscript	1389-01a-004	rm, lv	Yes	Yes	No
Manuscript	1389-01b-00	rm, lv	Yes	No	No
Manuscript	1389-01b-01	rm, lv	Yes	Yes	No
Manuscript	1389-01b-02	rm, lv	Yes	Yes	No
Manuscript	1389-01b-03	rm, lv	Yes	Yes	No
Manuscript	1389-01b-04	rm, lv	Yes	Yes	No
Manuscript	1389-01b-05	rm, lv	Yes	Yes	No
Manuscript	1389-01b-06	rm, lv	Yes	Yes	No
Manuscript	1389-01b-07	rm, lv	Yes	Yes	No
Manuscript	1389-01b-08	rm, lv	Yes	Yes	No
Manuscript	1389-01b-09	rm, lv	Yes	Yes	No
Manuscript	1389-01b-10	rm, lv	Yes	Yes	No
Manuscript	1389-01b-11	rm, lv	Yes	Yes	No
Manuscript	1389-01b-12	rm, lv	Yes	Yes	No
Manuscript	1389-01b-13	rm, lv	Yes	Yes	No
Manuscript	1389-01b-14	rm	Yes	Yes	No
Manuscript	1389-02-01	rm, lv	Yes	Yes	No